Re: PCI express card that does AP mode? (abit wlp-01?)

Johannes Berg
2009-07-24T16:09:20Z

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On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 12:04 -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 17:59 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 11:52 -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 17:29 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > >
> > > > > From the
> > > > > users' perspective, PCI and PCI Express are different busses and should
> > > > > be listed separately.
> > > >
> > > > I'm not sure. The ID spaces are the same really, and users really don't
> > > > distinguish that much, for them PCI-E is just the new PCI technology
> > > > with a different form factor. Kinda like mini-pci vs. pci.
> > >
> > > We can have "form factors": PCI, CardBus, MiniPCI, PCIe and PCI
> > > ExpressCard.
> >
> > I've done that and adjusted a few of the b43 entries, go check it out :)
>
> Thanks! I'll update what I know.

I also added a short overview over the form factors on the page:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Devices/PCI.

FWIW, I've spelt it "Mini-PCI", and it would be good for the filter if
we used a consistent spelling.

johannes

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